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54 – Magic Eater

“Ah, this is a letter to Professor McDonagall.”

Professor Joseph Kerr, associate head of the academy’s swordsmanship department, found a letter about exchange learning while arranging documents and clicked his tongue. Originally, Professor Flora, the head of the department, should have done it yesterday.

“Did Professor Flora forget? I am surprised.”

Unlike what it looks like, one of the things is handled by Professor Flora, who is meticulous. Professor Kerr, who had assisted her for many years as her deputy head of department, knew that all too well.

“Well, you must have been busy. Then, shall I deliver this to you?”

At this time, you should be at Red Lake Circle. Professor McDonagall is the advisor to the Red Lake.

Professor Kerr headed for the Red Lake Circle with light steps. And he found a duel in progress there.

“A duel?”

A duel is not an uncommon event at the academy. Since it was a place where a lot of high-spirited students gathered, it was only natural that duels would happen frequently. What the faculty should be careful of is checking whether illegal duels without observers are taking place.

Fortunately, there was a proper observer for this duel. Professor McDonagall.

“Student, whose duel is this?”

I lightly touched the shoulder of the student who was watching and asked.

“Oh! Professor Kerr. Our circle master, Dellas-senpai, is dueling. The opponent is a fresh first year freshman…. What did you say your name was? Hey, what was that freshman’s name?”

“I think it was called Lille Berger.”

Lire Berget

Professor Kerr looked back on his memories of attending the entrance exam. It sounds like you’ve heard the name itself. Seeing that she did not leave a strong impression in her mind, it seems that she passed the test with some skill.

“Is that student?”

A female student with silver-grey hair like a wolf raised her sword in an upright posture. Opposite her, Drake Dellas pats her on the floor with a staff the size of me.

Drake Dellas is a student that Professor Kerr knows well. Although the department is the Department of Magic, it was a student who was faithfully registered in Professor Kerr’s student database because he was a son of a noble family. He is equipped with outstanding skills befitting a great aristocratic background. Although he is not a member of the Ten Commandments.

‘It’s been a long time since Dellas students fought a duel. That person is a freshman in the first year.’

Professor Kerr looked with interest at the female student standing across from Dellas. This composition was not unfamiliar to me. The duel at the entrance ceremony came to Professor Kerr’s mind.

“Begin the duel!”

At Professor McDonagall’s signal, the duel began. The first to move was Dellas, the wizard.

“Magic Missile.”

Delas whips the heavy staff lightly like a baton. It’s a job that seems to require a lot of strength. At the same time as Dellas’ chant, a circular magic circle appears in front of him.

Weiying—!

There are 3 magic circles in total. Three magic circles rotate and pour out magic.

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‘The ‘characteristic’ of Dellas was definitely ‘multi-casting.’

An advanced trait that increases the number of strokes for magic skills.

Delas possessed a trait that would be a perfect fit for someone from a family of wizards. With that characteristic, even trivial magic becomes menacing. If you look at the total amount of power alone, it would increase three times.

‘Of course, the battle between the swordsman and the wizard is not determined simply by strength.’

Fall!

Looking at the white mana bullets pouring towards him, Lire lightly pushed off the ground and leaped backwards. It is a movement as light as a feather. Her mana bullets hit her and hit her petite floor.

“Did you just see the move?”

“It’s quite a topic for freshmen. Are you the speed type?”

It was a light evasion action, but it was a scene that showed her basic skills. Professor Kerr, who was watching the duel, nodded involuntarily.

‘With that move, I could have left an impressive score on the entrance exam…. Could it be that he hid his skills?’

Or maybe you didn’t do your best in the entrance exam. Regardless, it became clear this time that the student named Lire was not average.

“Huh. It’s just a glimpse. Fire Arrow!”

Like Magic Missile, a magic circle appears in front of Delas. Thanks to the power of “Multi-casting,” There are still three this time.

Hwareuru—!

An arrow of flame is directed at Lire. The trajectory of the arrow was different from the mana bullet. Two of them close Lire’s evasion radius from both sides, and the other one strikes her in front. Although simple, it was an effective attack against melee swordsmen.

However.

Shot!

The sword wielded by Lire ‘bounced’ the Fire Arrow. The bounced Fire Arrow strikes her own master, Delas.

“Oh, mana shield!”

Delas was taken aback by the unexpected counterattack, but calmly deployed defensive magic. After all, it was like a senior year.

“Ba, what just happened!?”

“I reflected Dellas-senpai’s magic!”

“My God! That Fire Arrow. It would be difficult to stop….”

“What are the first graders this year?”

“Is he that famous chief? Didn’t you say the chief was a man?”

“No. The chief is John Baker. You said his name was Lire Bergé.”

It is not only Professor Kerr who is surprised. A murmur began to grow among the students.

‘That… !’

However, the surprise of the students and the surprise of Professor Kerr were different. The reason why the students who were watching the duel were surprised was the amazing skill of the Lille Bergeran female student. The appearance of Lire, who casually deflected Bergé’s magic, was enough to surprise not only her seniors, but also the freshmen who entered with her.

“To think there was such a genius other than Miss Leoris, Miss Arsha, or Mr. Baker.”

“There is also a born guy. Aww! I didn’t get good grades. Why are there so many geniuses?”

“You bastard. You can’t even get to their feet anyway. No worries.”

“This bastard is having a fight right now!?”

However, the reason Professor Kerr was surprised was not simply the skill of her girl named Lire. Right, because of the technology she used.

“That must be….”

“Wow! What John said was right!”

Suddenly, a cheerful voice echoed in Kerr’s ears. The name ‘John’ that the voice uttered stimulated his interest.

‘John?’

I turned my gaze to where the voice came from. A female student with long blonde hair was running around watching the duel. Beside her stood a handsome male student, like a statue carved by her craftsman. It was Johann Baker, the main character with a beautiful appearance who was not even jealous.

“Student John.”

“Huh? Oh, you’re Professor Kerr. What are you doing here? Professor Red Lake Advisor is a hamburger… I know him as Professor McDonagall.”

“Wait a minute, I stopped by Professor McDonagall on business. By the way, an interesting event is unfolding.”

That’s what Professor Kerr said as he turned to face the fierce duel. This time, Lire deflected the magic Dellas had fired. Dellas was caught in the square. Offensive magic is supposed to be used to defeat the opponent, but each time you use magic, the attack returns to you.

“What, what! What kind of trick is that!?”

Delas, the party to the duel, shouted with a white face. He felt helpless, his hands and feet bound.

“Student Ellie…. Right? Didn’t you say student Yohan was right?”

At Professor Kerr’s question, Ellie nodded her head.

“Four~! Before the duel, I asked who do you think would win. Yohan’s choice was a female student named Lire! When I asked what the reason was, he said it was because Lire’s swordsmanship was at odds with magic~!”

At Ellie’s reply, Kerr turned his attention to John this time.

“Student John. Are you acquainted with that student named Lire?”

“No. I saw it for the first time today.”

Professor Kerr laughed at John’s prompt reply. Did you accurately capture the opponent’s swordsmanship you saw for the first time today?

By what means?

“Then, how did you know that Lire student’s swordsmanship?”

At Professor Kerr’s words, Yohan smiled and pointed his finger at Lire.

“Would you like to look closely at the back of Ms. Lire’s hand?”

“The back of your hand… ?”

At John’s words, Professor Kerr narrowed his eyes and looked at the back of Lire’s hand. At that moment, he thumped his knee.

“A star-shaped scar on the back of Ms. Lire’s hand. That is a mark that appears to swordsmen who have mastered ‘parring swordsmanship’ with a 3-star or higher.”

“Parling swordsmanship!? Mr. John! I guess that means….”

Towards Eli, who was taken aback, John nodded her head and continued.

“Right. That means that student named Lire is the enemy of Sword Master Sir Calden.”

Sword Master Calden.

He was one of only three sword masters in the royal capital, and an elder sword master who was considered the highest among the three.

That’s right!

Lirre rushes towards Dellas as soon as John finishes speaking.

It was as if they were declaring that the battles up until now were a joke.

“Damn it! Mana Shield.”

“Senior, magic is useless to me.”

Lir’s sword pierced Delas’ transparent mana shield like tofu.

“!?”

Lir’s sword stopped right in front of Dellas.

Seeing that, Professor McDonagall had no choice but to declare the end of the duel.

“Su, winner. Lire Berger.”

With the victory of a freshman freshman.